IIMA: from Aspiration to Achievement

I had applied to all major business schools in India including IIM Ahmedabad. The others included IIMs including but not limited to Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Lucknow, etc. These colleges admit students basis the CAT entrance exam followed by a personal interview round. The cut-off for students to be able to receive a call from IIMA stands at 99.75 and above. This percentile is especially for those students with an engineering background and having minimal work experience. For a candidate like myself (general category; male; fresher; engineer), the cut-off can go even further depending on the diversity of the candidate pool in that year. Following the CAT result, the IIMA has a single day written essay as well as personal interview round. The candidates are called in groups to write an essay basis some key words or from a starting point. Following this, the candidates are interviewed on various topics including the need to pursue MBA, past experience, thought process basis the previously written essays. Apart from CAT, leading exams include XAT (for XLRI college, a leading name in business strategy and HR strategy courses), IIFT (for IIFT college in Delhi). All these exams follow the similar rule as applied by IIMs via CAT as explained above. IIFT does have a group interview to assess skills of discussion and deliberation. I had secured admission to IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, IIM Lucknow, FMS, IIFT, and XLRI. I however did not get admitted or shortlisted to IIM Bangalore due to various reasons such as lack of work experience (prior to MBA). I chose to pursue MBA from IIM Ahmedabad as it was my dream institute. The reasons were aplenty including but not limited to the curriculum, the position in world and India rankings, the placement records, and the perceived stature of the institution....Read More

In my best of years this college i choosed for infrastructure is best in the national. I have rejetion of one college of Sri Chaitanya Degree and PG college. I have admitted experience is the best cutoffs in my total year marks....Read More

It's a postgraduate program so you should have an undergraduate degree, I did my bachelors from miranda house DU. Then I wrote the CAT exam which happens every year in the month of November every year. You can get all the information about CAT exam, pattern, syllabus and the best colleges in India from a youtuber named CATKING. All this information can also be availed from the official site of CAT examinations. I belong to NC OBC category and we have reserved seats in every IIM, so yes I was able to avail the reserved quota. Students from SC, ST, OBC and EWS backgrounds can also avail the same. The application fee of the form is somewhere around 1000 to 2000, you shall be notified about the same from the official website atleast 2 months before the exam. The site is iimcat.ac.in After the exam the results are declared in less than a month followed by the colleges sending you a letter for personal interview round. For getting into the top colleges you need 95 to 100 percentile if from nonreservation...Read More

Applications are opened by one of the IIM institutions on a rotation basis. Applicant must possess a valid degree from any of the prestigious institutions. The application fee is 1200 per person. Application dates are announced by IIM whichever is charing the process for that Academic year....Read More

You need to fulfill college admission criteria after appearing for CAT results. Should have atleat 80% in all three subjects of the CAT exam. Preferred if you have an agriculture background. But food tech, Agri tech, dairy tech, and biotech can also apply. The profile should be built to stand out among candidates. All application forms are on the official website of CAT and the college....Read More

You need to have a degree in any stream An application form will be available in iim.cat or in Google very easily You will have a bit less cutoff The process is smooth and well-designed to select a student...Read More